Tag: George Institute
Prof Vivekanand Jha elected as President of International Society of Nephrology
The Executive Director of George Institute, Prof Vivekanand Jha has been elected as the next president of the International Society of Nephrology (ISN) until 2021.......
WORLD HEALTH DAY: Breaking the silence can help people with depression
The theme on World Health Day this year is 'Depression: #LetsTalk' and it focuses on the fact that people should come out and talk about their mental health problems........
GIGH to extend national salt reduction programme to school children
The George Institute for Global Health to extend the programme to 15000 school children from Delhi and Hyderabad under a pilot project..........
World Kidney Day: High prevalence of obesity among CKD patients, reveals...
While close to 50% prevalence of obesity seen in the 1500 kidney disease patients recruited for the study, the overall prevalence of obesity is seen at a whopping 57% among women.....
Lancet’s latest research paper bats for ethical dialysis
Besides stressing on the cost-effective, safe and equitable access to dialysis as the need of the hour, the Lancet Paper also argues that access criteria and policy.....
Disadvantaged women are 25% more prone to heart attack
As compared to the disadvantaged men, the women who suffer lack of socio-economic security are prone to higher heart attack risk.....
Arogya World recognizes top healthy workplaces in India
The awardee companies had shared information on employee health in annual reports and to their board. Good examples of tobacco cessation and healthy living programs......
Urgent need for action plan to reduce deadly salt consumption in...
Indians are eating more than double the recommended amount of salt, putting themselves at increased risk of cardiovascular disease and early death....
George Institute’s m-health application for kidney disease to get commonwealth award
India’s unique mobile phone-based application for remote monitoring of end stage kidney disease developed by the George Institute for Global Health.....
World Mental Health Day: Integrating mental health into community-based care
Spearheaded by the George Institute of Global Health, the project involved training of village level health workers and doctors in screening.....